Archives for September 2016

The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is now covering the travel costs of some school groups, after-school programs, and student organizations that would like to visit its galleries. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc. and a gift from a private donor helped the Museum create the new student transportation fund.

The gifts come as the Museum has seen an increase in visits from K-12 groups. The number of students visiting the Museum rose by 46 percent this past year.

“As the only encyclopedic collection in the state of Maine, the Museum views its collection as a unique and valuable resource not only for the students and faculty of Bowdoin College, but also for the citizens of the state,” say Anne Goodyear and Frank Goodyear, the Museum’s co-directors.

When student interns learn how to grow vegetables and flowers in Bowdoin’s organic garden, they don’t just learn the basics of farming, they also learn what a freshly picked red pepper or tomato tastes like.

The Washington Post explores the disconnect between government lawyers and the Internet, particularly through issues of cybersecurity. With the rise of technical cases, it seems too few lawyers understand computers code, its networks, and its users.

Please bear with us while we retroactively post obituaries from back issues of Bowdoin Magazine. This process has currently skewed the chronology of our listings. We're working to fix the problem. In the meantime, please go to bowdoinobituaries.com and search by class year.